Legal Opinion
Standard Plumbing Supply Company, a Utah Partnership, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. United States Steel Corporation, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1983No. 82-3115PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff, Standard Plumbing Supply Company, had a contract with the defendant, United States Steel Corporation, to purchase certain waste products from a U.S. Steel plant. ■ Standard used the waste products to manufacture plastic pipe. This Louisiana diversity suit arises out of U.S. Steel’s termination of the contract without notice.
The district judge, in a careful and thorough opinion, found that there had been an oral contract without any specified termination date, and that under Louisiana law such a contract could be ended only upon the giving of a reasonable notice period. Those…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jenkins v. Audubon Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- Britten v. PayneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Roshong v. Travelers Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Casadaban v. Bel Chemical & Supply Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Freeman v. GTS CORP.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Neeley v. Bankers Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Taquino v. Teledyne Monarch RubberCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- J.B.N. Morris, Cross-Appellant v. Homco International, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Weldon P. Taquino v. Teledyne Monarch Rubber, Teledyne Monarch Rubber, Etc. v. Weldon P. Taquino and E.P.I., Inc., Advanced Industrial and Marine Services, Inc. v. Weldon P. TaquinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Standard Plumbing Supply Co. v. U. S. Steel CorpCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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